Safety razor



March 24. 1925-.

V. CABELLA SAFETY RAZOR 11v VENTOR UILFEEDO QB File'd Nov. 20 1923WITNESSES ATTORNEYS P'atentcd .Mar. 24, 1925. I

} issuer-i VILFREDO GABELLA, or GUATEMALA, CENTRAL AMERICA.

SAFETY RAZOR.

Applicationfiled November 20, 1923. Serial No. 675,902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILFREDOBCABELLA, a citizen of Italy, and a resldentof Guatemala, Central America, have invented a new and Improved SafetyRazor, of which the-followingis a full, clear, and exact description. i

This invention relates to a safety razor,

particularly of the type adapted to receive a double-edged blade.

An Object of the invention is to provide a safety razor in which theblade holder can be rotated and is disposed at an angle to the handle sothat the blade will always be in proper position and by its rotation canbe reversed to present afresh cutting edge.

Another object concerns the provision of means whereby the blade holdercan be held by a latching means in the operative position but veryeasily released therefrom to be The engagement, however, of theclampingrotated. y

A further object concerns the provision of means whereby the blade canbe very quickly and easily removed from the holder and ap plied thereto.I

A still further object concerns the pro vision of means whereby thepartsare constructed in a simple and rugged manner involving a minimum numberof parts and a considerable economy in construction.

Another object concerns the provision of a construction whereby when oneedge of a double-edged blade gets dull the other edge can be presentedin the cutting position without removing it from the holder.

The invention is illustrated in the draw-1 ings, of which- Figure 1 1s aside elevation of the razor;

f tially guard the edges of the cutting blade as the razor is drawn overthe face to, effect the result usual in safety razors, that is, topermit the blade only to meet the skin at Fig. 2 is a front elevation;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation;

Fig. 41; is a section taken on the line 41 4 of Fig. 2: and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4E.

The form of the invention shown in the drawings is a preferred form,although it is understood that modifications in the construction andarrangement of the parts and in the character of the materials used maybe adopted without departing from the 1 spirit of the invention as setforth in the appended claims.

The preferred form of the invention shown in the drawings includes ahandle portion 1 having a redu'cedstem portion 2 at the upper endthereofwhich is bent as at 8 at an angle. The upper end of this stem hasa reduced portion 'threaded at 5, It

is also provided with 'a shoulder 6. AI

sleeve 7 is adapted to .fit over the'upper end of the stem and restagainst this shoulder.

This sleeve at its upperend'is tapered as at 8 and fastened by anysuitablemeans, such.

as welding to ablade-holder plate 9 so that when the sleeve 7 is slippedover the upper end of the stem the blade holder is connected thereto.This assembly" is held 0Il1tl16.

upper end of the handle by means of a clamping sleeve 11 interiorlythreaded to engage the upper threaded end 4 of the handle, and providedwith a tapered upper end engaging with the tapered. upper end of thesleeve 7 to hold the sleeve .7 and the blade holder 9 on the end of thehandle.

sleeve 11 with the blade-holder sleeve 7 .is

only intended to be intimate enough to hold 9 the blade holder inposition but it is not tight enough to prevent the blade holder and thesleeve 7 from being rotated around the upper end of the stem 2. Theupperend of the stem 2 is preferably inclined with respect to the rest of thestem at an angle of about 45, so that the blade holder iscorrespondingly inclined at that angle; and by reason of the fact thatit can. be rotated while on the stem opposite edges of. the blade holdercan be presented to the working position. Theblade holder along itsopposite edges is provided with curved finger portions 12 and 13,- ofany suitable design similar to those now in use, to substan the properangle and eliminate danger of cutting. Each of these dependent fingerportions is provided with a pair of apertures and 21. The blade 22 onthe holder is of proper dimensions so as not to extend over the slots. vv I L hen-the blade *is in position on the holder it is clamped thereonbyreason of the fact that a blade-fastening plate 23 is placed over theblade. This fastenin plate is provided with depressed ribs 24, 25 and 26to bear on the blade at spaced intervals. Op-

posite ends of this blade fastening plate are provided with dependentears 27 and 28. These ears are-provided With-shoulderssuch as 29. Themain body 'pdrtionof the ears depends from the ends of the fasteningplate and pass through the slets- 20 and 21, the,

spring members they work together-t0 cause The apper ends 33 and adisconnection. 34of th ese sprin g men'ibers, which I choose to calllatch members, .pass through the re spective pairs of holes 14: and-15in the dependent finger "portions of the blade holder, and by reason ofthis'eng ag ement hold the blade holder in a desired position. By reasonof the fact that these members 30 and 31 are springy their upperends-can be disconnected from the holes l l and 15 by press ingitheminwardly, whereupon the blade holder can be rotated 180 so asto-b-ringthc new cutting'edge into/play. WVhe/n this result is effected,the spring members are released so that their upper ends will engagewith the otherset'of "holes to hold theblade holder in a fixed position.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a construction silnple, ruggedand efficient, and economical to manufaeture, whereby the blade holderon the upper end 'of handle inclined at the roper relative angle'canbelatched in a definiteposition and easily released from said positionsotha't it can be rotated to pres'ei'it a newblade in the Workingposition and be immediately relatched blade can be quickly and easilyclamped on to the holder and whereby it can be as easily "removedtherefrom by means of the construction and co-operation of the bladefastener plate with the blade and the blade-holder plate. a

It is further obvi-ous that I can readily disassemble the whole deviceby removing the bladeifas'tene-r plate, by taking the bladeofl the hold'e1=, by unscrewing the =clamping sleeve 11 and removing theblade-holder plate sleeve '7. The springs 30 and 31 can readily beremoved from the handle by merely pulling them'ont of their sockets. Inthis way-theentire device can be taken-apart. readily to be cleaned orrepaired or to replace any of the parts. The guard with which theblade-holder sleeve is engaged by the clamping sleeve 11 can be're'gulated by sorewing upj on the-clamping sleeve 1-1 as desired, t

WVhat I claim is:

1. Asafety razor which includesa handle havinga reduced threaded end, ashoulder and-a. blade-holder plate, a sleeve depending from said plateand adapted to be slipped over the end of the handle to rest on saidshoulder, said blade-holder plate sleeve having a tapered upper--end,and a clamping sleeve having a tapered upper end adapted to be slippedwithin the first-mentioned sleeve and threaded to engage with thethreaded upperendo'f the handle, said clamping sleeveby reason of itstaper adapted'to hold the dependent sleeve on the bladeholder zplate onto the handle whereby the blade h-older plate can be rotated on thehandle while being firmly held thereon.

2. safetyrazoi havingahandle, a bladeholder plate 'rotatably mounted onthe upper end thereof, said plate havingan-aperture in each of itsopposite sides, and spring means mounted on the handle, the upper endofrs'aid spring mea'ns'adap'ted to projectinto either of said aperturesto hold the blade holder in a definite position.

VILFREDO CABELLA.

